Red Hook Strip Club Fooled Them With Burlesque Promises

Remember when would be club owner David Ruggiero managed to wow the Red Hook Community Board when he vowed his Paris Burlesque Club would be a classy burlesque joint and absolutely not a strip club like the neighbors feared? Surprise surprise, but the old Paris actually is a strip club after all! Neighbors accuse Ruggiero of renegging on all of his promises and operating a shadow strip club complete with stripper poles, lap dances, thumping hip hop and soft-core porn on screen. A club bouncer told the Brooklyn Paper that there actually were a few burlesque shows when the place opened which served to distract the community but after that opening flurry, Ruggiero quickly installed the stripper poles and brought in a slew of foreign girls to work the pole. The only problem with this bait and switch is that Ruggiero has yet to secure a cabaret license to operate the club, which means that the lap and pole dances aren't technically allowed.
· They Told You So! [Brooklyn Paper]
· Paris Burlesque Club [~ENY~]
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